Musca Borealis - Revision history

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	* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]		* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]

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	* Musca (Latin: The Fly) - not be confused with the (modern) constellation [[Musca]] next the Southern Cross ([[Crux]])		* Musca (Latin: The Fly) - not be confused with the (modern) constellation [[Musca]] next the Southern Cross ([[Crux]])
	* Musca Borealis (Latin. The Northern Fly)		* Musca Borealis (Latin. The Northern Fly)
	* ... and all these names in European languages (French, English, German).		* ... and all these names in European languages (French: Le Mouche, English: The Fly, German: Fliege).

	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===

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	File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|Apes, The Bee, in Plancius (1612).		File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|Apes, The Bee, in Plancius (1612).
			File:Apis Habrecht1621.JPG\|Apis in Habrecht (1621).
	File:1776 - John Flamsteed - Le Belier (Aries).jpg\|Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.		File:1776 - John Flamsteed - Le Belier (Aries).jpg\|Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.
	File:Ari-Tri etc Capture Fly-hi.JPG\|The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in		File:Ari-Tri etc Capture Fly-hi.JPG\|The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in

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	[[File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|thumb\|"Apes", The Bee, in Plancius (1612).]]		[[File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|thumb\|"Apes", The Bee, in Plancius (1612).]]
	Apes or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in [[Aries]] that was used in Early Modern Europe. Itwas created by Plancius (1612) and reused by other authors with all sorts of name variants.		Apes or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in [[Aries]] that was used in Early Modern Europe. Itwas created by Plancius (1612) and reused by other authors with all sorts of name variants.

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	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
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			File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|Apes, The Bee, in Plancius (1612).
	File:1776 - John Flamsteed - Le Belier (Aries).jpg\|Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.		File:1776 - John Flamsteed - Le Belier (Aries).jpg\|Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.
	File:Ari-Tri etc Capture Fly-hi.JPG\|The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in		File:Ari-Tri etc Capture Fly-hi.JPG\|The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in
	File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Aries and Musca Borealis.jpg\|Aries with "Musca Borealis" in Hall (1822)		File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Aries and Musca Borealis.jpg\|Aries with "Musca Borealis" in Hall (1822)
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			[[File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|thumb\|"Apes", The Bee, in Plancius (1612).]]
	Apes or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in [[Aries]] that was used in Early Modern Europe. Itwas created by Plancius (1612) and reused by other authors with all sorts of name variants.		Apes or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in [[Aries]] that was used in Early Modern Europe. Itwas created by Plancius (1612) and reused by other authors with all sorts of name variants.

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	~~Apis~~ or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in [[Aries]] that was used in Early Modern Europe.		Apes or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in [[Aries]] that was used in Early Modern Europe. Itwas created by Plancius (1612) and reused by other authors with all sorts of name variants.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

			=== Name Variants ===

			* Apes (Latin: The Bee)
			* Vespa (Latin: The Wasp)
			* Musca (Latin: The Fly) - not be confused with the (modern) constellation [[Musca]] next the Southern Cross ([[Crux]])
			* Musca Borealis (Latin. The Northern Fly)
			* ... and all these names in European languages (French, English, German).

	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
	~~The name~~ "Musca" ~~occurs first~~ in Hevelius (1690) ~~which can easily be confused with the~~ (~~modern~~) ~~constellation [~~[Musca]~~] next~~ the ~~Southern Cross ([[Crux]])~~. It was ~~distinguished~~ in ~~other atlasses by adding~~ the ~~specifier "Borealis"~~. ~~Some even named~~ it ~~"Apis"~~, The ~~Bee~~, ~~instead~~ of the ~~Fly~~.		[[File:Triangulum+Fly+Aries Hevelius1690.jpg\|thumb\|"Musca" in Hevelius (1690).]]
			Ian Ridpath writes:<ref>Ian Ridpath, Star Tales (online edition): [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/muscaborealis.html Musca Borealis].</ref> <blockquote>This abandoned constellation, which lay in the northern part of present-day Aries, has a confusing history. It was introduced on a globe of 1612 by the Dutchman Petrus Plancius under the name Apes, the Bee. He created it from four of Ptolemy’s unformed stars of 4th and 5th magnitude which were described in the Almagest as lying ‘over the rump’ of Aries. The German astronomer Jacob Bartsch altered its name to Vespa, the Wasp, on his map of 1624, but retained the name Apes in his accompanying text.

			Johannes Hevelius changed the type of insect altogether when he renamed it Musca, the fly, on his Firmamentum Sobiescianum atlas of 1687. This was confusing, since there already was a Musca in the southern hemisphere, created almost a century earlier from the observations of Keyser and de Houtman. Hevelius did not list his northern Musca as a separate constellation in his accompanying catalogue, but retained its four stars under his entry for Aries. We now know them as 33, 35, 39, and 41 Arietis. Johann Bode showed Musca on his Uranographia atlas of 1801, but within the borders of Aries (below).

			The constellation later became known as Musca Borealis, the northern fly, to distinguish it from its southern namesake. This longer name seems to have first appeared on Alexander Jamieson’s Celestial Atlas of 1822 (Plate 13). Eventually, the northern fly was swatted by astronomers, although the southern Musca remains.</blockquote>

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
			The name "Musca" occurs first in Hevelius (1690) which can easily be confused with the (modern) constellation [[Musca]] next the Southern Cross ([[Crux]]). It was distinguished in other atlasses by adding the specifier "Borealis". Some even named it "Apis", The Bee, instead of the Fly.

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

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	Apis or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation that was used in Early Modern Europe.		Apis or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in [[Aries]] that was used in Early Modern Europe.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	~~The Greek constellation ...~~


	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
			<gallery>
			File:1776 - John Flamsteed - Le Belier (Aries).jpg\|Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.
			File:Ari-Tri etc Capture Fly-hi.JPG\|The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in
			File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Aries and Musca Borealis.jpg\|Aries with "Musca Borealis" in Hall (1822)
			</gallery>

	== Mythology ==		== Mythology ==
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			[[Category:Ari]]

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Apis or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation that was used in Early Modern Europe.

==Etymology and History==
The Greek constellation ...

=== Origin of Constellation ===

=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

== Mythology ==
There is no mythology

== Weblinks ==

*

== References ==

* [[References]] (general)
* [[References (Greco-Roman)|References (ancient Greco-Roman)]]
* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (medieval)]]

[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:European]] [[Category:Modern]]

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	File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|Apes, The Bee, in Plancius (1612).		File:Apes Plancius1612 Capture.JPG\|Apes, The Bee, in Plancius (1612).
			File:Apis Habrecht1621.JPG\|Apis in Habrecht (1621).
	File:1776 - John Flamsteed - Le Belier (Aries).jpg\|Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.		File:1776 - John Flamsteed - Le Belier (Aries).jpg\|Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.
	File:Ari-Tri etc Capture Fly-hi.JPG\|The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in		File:Ari-Tri etc Capture Fly-hi.JPG\|The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in